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I guess in the same way the Higgs Boson was speculation, or string theory is speculation. It is a valuable hypothesis that is not proven yet.
by charlieflowers 12y ago
I guess in the same way the Higgs Boson was speculation, or string theory is speculation. It is a valuable hypothesis that is not proven yet.
- mod 12y agoIANAP, but I think the hypothesis is more that it's incredibly likely that life exists. We have no evidence that it does, only that Earth-like conditions are not unique.
- millstone 12y agoA serious question: why are earth-like conditions suggestive of extraterrestrial life and not, say, extraterrestrial McDonalds? The observed frequency is identical so far. I think the answer must be a bias towards believing in some essential specialness or uniqueness of life, which isn't supported scientifically.